I enjoy movies by Wiseman, Maysles brothers, such as Gray Gardens--unassuming films that inspired me to become a documentary film maker, which I didn't do. I also like many other movies, such as "All is Lost." That's required viewing if you're going to go live on a sailboat.My kids still remember the banana bread I made from nearly rotten bananas 15 years ago.I think it's interesting that "due to Hubble's law regions sufficiently distant from us are expanding away from us much faster than the speed of light." That's going to make it tough to see those places.I enjoy the full panoply of human emotions and moods.

What I’m doing with my life

My job was eliminated because "our staffing needs have changed," which, due to severance pay, was like winning a tiny lottery. I started planning my next life, which is going to be living on a > 30ft sailboat off the west coast. Unfortunately, my employer offered me another job, so, I remain stuck here for the time being. *Update* I bought a 31 ft sailboat on lake Erie. Practicing on that every weekend. If you know how to sail or would like to learn, let me know. I've been out 4 times successfully (as of July 18)! I FIGURED OUT HOW TO SAIL!!**I fix things that fall apart because it's more entertaining than watching TV. Sometimes I end up taking things apart just to see what's inside. I did that with a set of broken Sony ear-buds. There wasn't much inside--maybe 5 cents worth of repugnant shit.

I’m really good at

being alive and staying alive unless you never hear back from me, then I may be dead.

The first things people usually notice about me

is that I'm eating something in front of some ruins.

Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food

I enjoy movies by Wiseman, Maysles brothers, such as Gray Gardens--unassuming films that inspired me to become a documentary film maker, which I didn't do. I also like many other movies, such as "All is Lost." That's required viewing if you're going to go live on a sailboat.I like music that suits my mood, which could be most anything. I would like TV shows about doing constructive stuff, like building a house or fixing an old car or cooking something interesting, but these shows have been mostly ruined by stupid TV writers and/or producers who insist on manufacturing phony time deadlines and interpersonal disasters, which are unbearably tedious.

The six things I could never do without

PlanktonPuppy dogs and rainbowsFree willDeterminismFree will is what everyone thinks they have. Determinism is what we know we have but refuse to believe, because it's... what?

I spend a lot of time thinking about

things that I become conscious of, such as, maybe it would be a good idea to put 520 sq. ft. of solar panels on my roof if the cost weren't a lot more than buying an equivalent amount of pollution powered electricity.

On a typical Friday night I am

thinking about the weather.

The most private thing I’m willing to admit

is that the NSA will be entertained but ultimately bored with my phone records.

You should message me if

you can string together some words in the form of a message and you're physically fit and active and like water.